Traveling Stories Brings Literacy to the San Diego Community
Partnering with Traveling Stories in San Diego
In 2017, StaxUP Storage partnered with San Diego-based nonprofit Traveling Stories to support literacy programs for children across the local community. We believe literacy is the foundation of a civil society, in 2017 we partnered with San Diego-based nonprofit Traveling Stories.
Programs like Traveling Stories play an important role in helping children build confidence and develop essential reading skills at an early age. Community partnerships like this highlight how local businesses and organizations in San Diego can work together to create meaningful, long-term impact.
Supporting Literacy in the Local Community
Traveling Stories’ mission is to outsmart poverty one story at a time by creating an engaging, social experience that encourages children to develop a lifelong love of reading before the 4th grade
“More often than not, because of our locations, we’re engaging a lot with low income communities and refugee communities which are more heavily impacted by the achievement gap,” said Chase Manar-Spears, marketing liaison for Traveling Stories. “The 4th grade is a really important milestone, because before the fourth grade you are learning how to read and after the 4th grade you’re reading everything to understand what it is, so developing literacy by that point is important.”
Community Impact in San Diego
This organization strengthens our community by giving low income children from all backgrounds the tools and encouragement necessary to develop literacy in a safe, fun environment. With storage units all over the San Diego market, it was a no brainer to partner up with a local charity as amazing as Traveling Stories. America is a melting pot of cultures and many of the children served by Traveling Stories are learning English as a second language.
Storage Supporting the San Diego Community
If you would like to provide weekly read support for a child in a low income area, visit www.travelingstories.org and see how you can change a child’s life. StaxUP Storage in San Diego is proud to support the community while also providing convenient storage units for residents looking for reliable self storage near them.
